RSS & Aggregators Explanation
Aggregator has the base word of aggregate, which means to combine and conform a collection or mass. This is appropriate because that is exactly what an aggregator does. Aggregators allow you to have a page that has subscriptions to all of your favorite sites, so instead of going to find updates of your favorite sites they are brought to you as often as possible. So much can be subscribed to because things are being added to the web daily by millions of people. RSS feeds are very helpful. They are what allow you to subscribe to the site yo want and if you know how to use them they are very beneficial and a fast easy to subscribe. If someone doesn’t use RSS and an aggregator managing their favorite sites is a lot more difficult and time consuming opposed to one who uses it because all of your subscriptions are delivered right to you. A few popular RSS aggregators are Netvibes, Google Reader, and Bloglines. Websites or blogs can be subscribed to if they have an RSS feed link. They usually have a bright color, a logo, and are in easy to see places on the page. I made a collage of RSS icons.
If you see no RSS links there are a few ways to subscribe. One is you can go to this RSS Workshop. You can also scrape the website using mywebfeeds. and lastly you can send an E-Mail to the Webmaster suggesting that they add a link to their page.
